Corey Perry reveals message of locker room speech that charged Oilers Game 4 comeback
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Corey Perry stepped up in the Oilers locker room to give a locker room speech that charged the team to a comeback win - and it doesn't sound like it was a positive message.
After a blowout loss in Game 3, the Oilers needed a win badly last night and found themselves floundering early again. Then Corey Perry stepped up in the locker room, and tore into the team for their play.
Corey Perry leads locker room speech to wake up Edmonton Oilers in Game 4 intermission
The Oilers looked like a different team immediately to start the second period, and after the game multiple players confirmed a moment in the locker room during the first intermission changed everything - an impassioned and angry speech from Corey Perry.
Well, it wasn't wisdom. It was just honesty. Just had to realize where we were in the moment, look ourselves in the mirror, and at how we were playing
- Corey Perry
- Corey Perry
As someone who's played as an all star scorer and 4th line grinder, Perry has the experience, skill, and respect to get every Oiler to listen up when he speaks.
Leon Draisaitl wouldn't share the exact message Perry said, but did say that it's actually rare for Perry to yell at the team - so when it happens, it's meaningful.
The message is that he's been in these moments, he's not a guy that speaks up or yells at guys all the time. That's not his character, so you know when a guy like that with that many games, that much experience, he's won everything there is to win - he knows how to win when he speaks up, you listen, and it grabs your attention.
- Leon Draisaitl
- Leon Draisaitl
Jake Walman was another player to mention that along with Perry, multiple players spoke up - and never once did they think the game was over.
The Oilers don't want to open every game in a deficit, but they have every reason to believe they're never out of a game.
How often they've been able to manage comeback wins against top teams in the biggest moments has been truly incredible, and shows how much their clutch genes have become a real difference maker. Players like Corey Perry are part of the reason they've molded this identity.
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